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Sunday 2nd October 2022

Goodbye time for Daisy….

Well, that was embarrassing, when Trudi came to collect her, she wasn’t interested in going home!

After she had gone, we took Ellie for a long walk over the fields.

Then it was time to meet Tris and Violet at Olby’s in Margate for lunch. It will be Tris’s birthday on 3rd, so nice to meet up with him as we wouldn’t be able to on the day.

They have a reputation at Olbys to have” the best roast on the coast”! Well, it would take a lot to beat them.

I watched Strictly results in the evening, can’t believe Tony Adams is still in, I guess the Arsenal supporters voted!

Thought for the Day – “There is only one thing that  makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”  ~ Paulo Coelho

 

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Saturday 1st October 2022

October already, this year seems to be rushing by.

Out with the dogs, a short walk for Daisy, so Mal carried on with Ellie.

Later I walked into town to the pharmacy to collect my prescription. I now know why the doc asked me where I wanted the prescription sent, he obviously knows how bad they are in Boots here.  I have read a few people complaining about them and also rumours of it closing down.

So, this is what I wrote on the local Sandwich board………………

“I had a phone call from the doctors yesterday morning and his conclusion was to write me a prescription and asked where I would like it sent electronically. The obvious place to me was Boots, Sandwich, which he said he would do straight away. I gave them time and went to collect it this morning. The shop was empty, two assistants and a pharmacist. I was told it wouldn’t be in until Monday afternoon. I explained I would not be here Monday, so perhaps they could advise me where I would be able to collect it today. The pharmacist then looked through the shelves at the back and told me to take a seat for 10 minutes. It seems miracles do happen, she found they did have it!! All this was done with an attitude that I was asking the impossible for wanting my prescription now rather than in 2 days. It is bad enough waiting 2 days to get a doctor to call you but then have to wait a further 3 days for the pharmacist to fetch it from a shelf just behind her.”
I have come to the conclusion there is no such thing as customer service any more.
On the way back from the town I walked past the lovely cobbled Guildhall forecourt which at great expense is now being dug up and replaced! Over £1million, I didn’t know there was that much money to spare.
We always know when it is dinner time! They line up by the kitchen.
A very disappointing Spurs game but Hammers won.

Thought for the Day – “Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.”  ~ Augustine Og Mandino